For those of you who frequented The Flood around last Christmas, you may remember a certain phenomenon that swept this community. Something that captured the hearts and souls of everyone who witnessed it.
I am pleased to inform you that in the coming weeks, this legendary marvel will once again be upon us. That thing that made us stay up until unreasonable hours waiting for cats to appear, that thing that some of us enjoyed enough to donate money to, that thing that so many of us loved so dearly, will soon return.
I'm talking of course about the [url=http://tree.schwippy.com/2008/index.php]Schwippy Christmas Tree.[/url]
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'll break it down for you:
The Schwippys are a family from somewhere in California that had the fantastic idea of posting a live webcam feed of their Christmas tree on [url=http://www.schwippy.com/blog/]their site[/url] and giving control of the lights to the people who visited the page.
Essentially, they said "Here, play with our tree and watch it change."
There's an explanation of how it works [url=http://plasma2002.com/tree/]here.[/url]
But the best part about the Schwippy Tree wasn't playing with light switches, it was talking to the Schwippys in the live chat, watching them chase cats around the house, and forcing them to write things on signs and hold them up to the camera.
Yes, it was slightly creepy, but more than that, it was a damn good time. And on top of all that, [url=http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6682/floodztreefv3.jpg]they loved[/url] [url=http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/1750/43670118xa1.jpg]us.[/url]
So that's the deal. Soon, the Schwippy Christmas Tree will be up and running for the 2008 season. Hopefully, starting the thread this early will help contain the madness this year so that we don't overrun the forum again. If this thread still exists when it's up, I'll update this with all breaking news and pertinent information.
Also, happy holidays.
[quote]Link updated.
-Foman[/quote]
[Edited on 12.01.2008 1:57 AM PST by x Foman123 x]
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this is the 1st time i have seen this its pretty good i like to turn the star on and off : )
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Mrs schwippy actually, i mentioned it before i banned him, so he would know why. According to COPA - children under 13 cannot view sites with mature content. (IE PG-13) therefore, since we can't fully control what goes on in the chat room, we must do our best to keep children under 13 out. i dont believe marioman is really 6, however, since he said he is, i have to cover myself and ban him.[/quote] its ok i got back on :)
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This is the coolest thing the Inter Web has ever done...
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Ah, I love it when the train works.
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actually, i mentioned it before i banned him, so he would know why. According to COPA - children under 13 cannot view sites with mature content. (IE PG-13) therefore, since we can't fully control what goes on in the chat room, we must do our best to keep children under 13 out. i dont believe marioman is really 6, however, since he said he is, i have to cover myself and ban him.
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ah that sucks
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] marioman76 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] kweeb [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] marioman76 i got baned because i said i was 6[/quote] And what gave you the motivation to say that you were 6? [/quote] i am[/quote]They mentioned afterward that you have to be 13 to use their site.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] kweeb [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] marioman76 i got baned because i said i was 6[/quote] And what gave you the motivation to say that you were 6? [/quote] i am
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] marioman76 i got baned because i said i was 6[/quote] And what gave you the motivation to say that you were 6?
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i got baned because i said i was 6
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Oh yes, we got lovely pronz and more pronz! And then there is just a lot of idiots posting, which kinda dulls down the entire experience. The Scwhippy's know what I mean (CH).
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Spamming is here now.
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Spamming is cleared now.
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Too many spammers atm. Schwippys should drop a ip perma on them.
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woah, buggzy drama
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They IP banned me. D:
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This is awesome! I accidentally started the train and it hit into the cat D= lol but this thing is awesome.
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The Scwippy tree is so fun! I love talking with Mrs. Schwippy in the chatbox!
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Vaderhater027 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] BahamutZER0 This got posted on the front page of collegehumor.com, so we've got a whole lot more people in there now.[/quote]And I thought the people from here were bad.[/quote]I know, right? [Edited on 12.10.2008 2:22 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] x Foman123 x Yay, I'm in the chatroom right now, for those of you who think i'm faking :-)[/quote]OH SHI-
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] kweeb [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] JustxHavexFun I got banned for saying "I learned a new equation in math today! Wanna hear?" Random dude: "Yes" Me: "8=D" Seriously. WTF.[/quote] And why are you wondering why you were banned? [/quote]It's a joke. Duh.
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How did you get firefox to look like that in the last picture?
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oh, who's that at the bottom of the page? 5 bucks in the tip jar.
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I get a message "You are not allowed to participate in the chatroom."
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it says acess to the chatroom is banned?
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